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| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> | 2011-07-02 20:24:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> | 2011-07-02 20:24:00 -0400 |
| commit | b00d8c1a00d33b1d2b0a6678e964eb41eb6fc2ae (patch) | |
| tree | d36304f5b187f06f3b63ca4d19d29a0419160f2e /doc/lispref/display.texi | |
| parent | 3b6c4a75cf13f0676dc7b284c059281d94150dfa (diff) | |
| download | emacs-b00d8c1a00d33b1d2b0a6678e964eb41eb6fc2ae.tar.gz | |
* display.texi (Face Attributes): Document negative line widths (Bug#6113).
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index e8e9e38939d..42f68583839 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -2094,7 +2094,10 @@ Draw a box with lines of width 1, in color @var{color}. @item @code{(:line-width @var{width} :color @var{color} :style @var{style})} This way you can explicitly specify all aspects of the box. The value -@var{width} specifies the width of the lines to draw; it defaults to 1. +@var{width} specifies the width of the lines to draw; it defaults to +1. A negative width @var{-n} means to draw a line of width @var{n} +that occupies the space of the underlying text, thus avoiding any +increase in the character height or width. The value @var{color} specifies the color to draw with. The default is the foreground color of the face for simple boxes, and the background |